BACKGROUND
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is often still considered the echocardiographic test of choice in the general ICU patient population to establish the presence or absence of cardiac… (More)

BACKGROUND
The primary determinate for the indication of cardiac resynchronization therapy in symptomatic chronic heart failure currently is a prolonged QRS duration. This is based on the premise… (More)

Recently it has been demonstrated that high resolution transthoracic echocardiography (HRTTE) is able to detect differences in the wall thickness of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD)… (More)

From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Dr Sinhal is a proctor for Edward Lifesciences; and is a… (More)

PURPOSE
Right ventricular (RV) systolic function as measured by right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) has long been recognized as an important predictor of outcome in heart failure patients. The… (More)

Recently, it has been demonstrated that high-resolution transthoracic echocardiography (HRTTE) is able to detect differences in the wall thickness of the left anterior descending coronary artery… (More)